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acquire three more friends before long. Emma, Holly, and Laura, who you met last night?”
    “They seemed nice.” They had. It was the blonde one sitting next to Michael's chair who hadn't. Megan frowned as she tried to remember her name. “Leanne. She didn't seem too happy I was there.”
    Missy laughed. “Don't worry about her. She's only here for the weekend and she's great, too. It's just that she thought she might get to spend some time with Michael herself.”
    “I see.” Megan wondered why on earth Michael would want to take her to dinner and not the beautiful blonde.
    Missy shook her head. “No, you don't see, hon. He's not interested in her. Never has been. He's interested in you.”
    “He doesn't know me!”
    “Exactly! He wants to. Last night he saw you come in early on. It was all we could do to stop him from crashing your meeting upstairs.”
    Megan stared at her.
    Missy laughed. “Don't look at me like that, hon. The guy likes you. He's thrilled you agreed to go on a date with him tonight.”
    “He called it a date?” She'd been trying to convince herself that he was just being nice. Making a new friend, like he'd said.
    “He did. Why? Is that not what you were thinking?”
    “I don't know what to think, Missy. I've never really dated much. I was in one long relationship and other than that, well....I haven't really.”
    “So, you're about to start. Michael's a good guy. Go out with him. It'll do you good.”
    “He does seem very nice.” She looked away. “He's very handsome. It's just, he's....well, he's all fun, and I'm not. I don't really know how to have fun.”
    Missy touched her arm. “Don't you worry about that, hon. It's hard not to have fun around Michael. He's a big joker, but he's more than that too. He's a genuine, decent guy. I've known him all my life.”
    Megan nodded.
    Missy grinned. “So what are you going to wear?”
    “I don't know. That's the question I wanted to ask you. What should I wear? I mean, I haven't really got much, but I feel like I should make some kind of effort to look nice.” She looked down at her sweatshirt and jeans. “I couldn't really go like this, or could I?”
    “You could, but I think we can do better than that. I'd offer to lend you something. We're about the same size, even though—and you have no idea how thrilled I am to be able to say this—I'm a bit taller than you, but we can do that next time. I think this first time you should wear something of your own. You're going to be nervous enough by the looks of you. You need to at least feel comfortable in your clothes.” She stopped rubbing Ollie's belly and stood up. “Come on, where's your closet. Let's see what we can do.”
    “What do you mean? This first time? This will be the only time.” Megan stared at her. “Won't it?”
    “If you want it to, then yeah.” Missy grinned at her. “But if Michael gets a say, then I doubt it. Come on, where's your closet? We need to find you something before you have to get ready for work.”
    ***
    B en helped Michael push the boat trailer back into the shed. “Thanks, bud. It was a good afternoon.”
    “Yeah. It was fun. I'm looking forward to tonight more though.”
    Ben smiled at him. “I hope you have a good time. Megan's great. Just think about dialing it back a bit, huh?”
    Michael nodded. “I will. I'll be good, Uncle Ben. I promise.”
    Ben laughed. “All right. I'm not nagging.”
    “I know, mate. What about you? What does your evening hold?”
    “Um. I have to work tonight.”
    Michael laughed out loud at that. “You mean you're hiding from Leanne, right?”
    Ben grinned. “Well, she's a bit much for me. When Dan first mentioned her, Jack said she'd eat me for breakfast. The way she was carrying on this afternoon, I'm afraid that's exactly what she's got in mind!”
    Michael grasped his shoulder. “Go for it, mate. It'd do you good.”
    “No. Not for me. I'll get some work done instead. But just you bear in mind that as